Liberalism and Its Challengers: From F.D.R. to Bush

by Alonzo Hamby

Overview

Knowledge is fast becoming one of the main sources of wealth, yet it can also become a source of inequalities. The New Knowledge Economy in Europe attempts to determine whether it is possible to hasten the transition towards a knowledge-based economy and enhance competitiveness with increased employment and improved social cohesion across Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195070309
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/12/1992
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Founding Father: Franklin D. Roosevelt2. The Commoner: Harry S. Truman3. The Crisis and Regeneration of Republican Conservatism: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert A. Taft, and Joseph R. McCarthy4 The Politics of Prophecy: Martin Luther King, Jr.5. From the Old Politics to the New: John and Robert Kennedy6. The Politics of Excess: Lyndon B. Johnson7. The Flawed Challenger: Richard M. Nixon8. The Roosevelt of the Right: Ronald ReaganEpilogue: The Exhaustion of Liberalism, the Limits of Conservatism, and the Enduring Deadlock of DemocracySelected BibliographyIndex